Nearly 30 rooms in MacDonald Hall and Goodyear Hall were broken into on March 9, according to UB Police.

Due to Spring Break, all residents are away from the buildings.

Police are waiting for students to return back to campus to get a better understanding of stolen belongings. [read more]

            Dr. Thenkurussi Kesavadas, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has joined forces with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to develop a simulator that accurately replicates the experience of performing surgery with the most widely used robotic system in medicine – the “da Vinci Surgical System.”

            The da Vinci is a two-part robotic system, consisting of a surgeon’s console and a patient side cart. By manipulating the foot pedals and hand controllers of the console while viewing a 3-D image, the surgeon is able to remotely control the robotic arms of the side cart, positioned over the patient, to perform the surgery.

            While the da Vinci has proved incredibly beneficial for a number of standard procedures, minimizing invasion and trauma, one significant problem has pervaded its brief existence – the training process. [read more]

            Last May, in the celebratory hours after the University at Buffalo commencement ceremonies, new graduate Javon Jackson was shot and killed as he crossed Main Street near South Campus.

            Ten months later, justice was served when Senior Erie County Judge Michael L. D’Amico sentenced DaMario Cordelius, 21, of Kaymar Drive, Amherst to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday to the first-degree manslaughter of Jackson.

            The shooting of Jackson, 23, of the Bronx was caught on city surveillance cameras, assisting police in identifying and later arresting Cordelius on May 27. [read more]